Weather station



Dec. 23, 1947. G. s. MILES WEATHER STATION Filed May 4, 1944 INVENToR. Geore S. BY

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 23, 1.947

N' J ac'p'oratiori of 'Delaware Application May:y 4, 1944, Serial Noa-534,11@ 7"-'C'aiins (Cl. IWL-@ill vThe presentF invent-in# relates tc automatic weather stations adaptedvftr'i's'iifaitornatically' trarisniitting'w at" tii'n'edj intervals lto any" desired point; information" regarding `various atmospheric'f conditions ,occiirfring1vait' a? selected station and' moi' particularly tir Ifnei'iio'ifi'gt'fallti*arisnitteislI threfor'- l Kiiovir'il antoi-i-iaticiweetlierf stations: have been'l largelandi cumbersomeand required permanent s-hf'elteringeshedssetoig` in. orde tor protect the: pianti needed fori theiroperation"y thereof; Wheref the?i station isi ir'iten'de'd` for' permanent,V injstafllationfy no; problem is presented.l by thel use' of:- known apparvirtus:v However; l under certain conditionsythemse ofafweatherstation,v portableu in character, is-desirable soythat 'itmaybe tra-nsf ported readily?4 anY individualv from placeI to liiliev and( left-.at will,- in anf.V selected -area to be unattended? for` relativelyy longe periods of time Obviously, fthe lack. of, IlOrtability,y made knownstations inappropratiorthis latter use andthel present 'invention contemplates the4 provision oi a noi/e1L andfsinplifid weather station which may'fbefcarried' readilyffrmplace 'to "place by an individual' andsetlii in any" preslct'ed 'area to beleft unattended"for"relatively' long periods of time Y Afi'r'- object of" the?presentL inveiition'l isto pro'- vidafnoveiautomatiWeather station which is` lAhother-fobot or theirivention-is-'fto provide aff-novelland siniplfiedtrai'ismitterf fori'a weather" station. a'eifptedi fr traifisniittinfgfvv information* from 'anydesiiled poiintbyradio telegraph signals spaced 'ratfsnchtirne irit `ervals1 as l wil-lf allow the receiving operator to measure the timeintervais byerneansfof `a simplestpwatch, forfexample.

Afifurther-objectfis to provide fa novel'and' sim;-

fchronoinetrio .weatherfstatiorreadaptedffori tran'srnittivngbw radioi: from' ai Lpreeselected* area information relatingfto-variousatmosphericiiunce tionsysuh asfaorexampiei pressure; .temperature'A aridhumidity; r

The, above` mdf-further" obiects fandilnovel ifea# tures of the invention will more fully appear from` theifoilowing; detailed description when the :same is f readfin. connfiction, with; the aocornpanying:Y drawinet.;` Itiiszetoslbenexpressly understood-,-how--l ever; that thegtdravwingcisrfoihthe-purpose of illusy Citation-foirly-v and-fis fnotintended las a denition of`- the limits-:oithoeinvention;

Thesineiesure f tbe-drawingisa schematicl zie,presentati'onofl ih novel meteorological transmitterofthefpresenteinventiont-- is transmittedifiiowealbif' They never tfietecrbigiaif transmitter or me missionVY of anurri'be'f o'f functionsigreater than or' lessthan thatspec'iiied asnabetdesired'. Gen-`vv orally' considered, each condition responsive 'inf-4 strurnent is provi/dedf with" n' Vangulariy" movable contact needle positicried bythej operating mech-y` anisin of' the"instriirnent,-all 1of jth'e"'cnt' `tct needlesb'einglocked iii place@upomthejoccurrenceeoff ai predetermined"tix'rie` interval: A- sumeientperiodL Of-'tii'ne` is aljlWdr'Waifn gup'the radio transV mitter" du-ringi which" time no" signal' isfi trans` mitted; Aseoondjftirried interval is :provided duringwhich acntiniiois station-'identifying sigral "afjreferen'cei signal and@r thereafterg theirea'dirig` of eachinstrumentf isf transrr'iittedinllatintiedlseciuence4 l l 1 Rfiiing'riowtolth'sngie -gurefothe d'ifaW- ing for 'a more detaileddescription fof the-presenti invention, a# clock 'A lli; -ofi conventional construe; tion; is there shown having normally?openconyr` tants-1| land-|241 The? clocir-isV of the-type wherein upon theoccurrencefof aegis/'en time inter-vai the" co'ntactsaren automaticallyclo'sed.J Theclock; per se; constitutesfrfno partfov the present invention and is therefore shown schernatically-'only.'y

Contact I i is oonnected-byfmeansof'a lead I3 Soi ay-rnaster Switchboard I4, ther` a section-5 bytwayci a'tieflead i235 the; vopposite end -of I-thearmature'beingconnected "by -Way of 2connects with a sectiony 4- of the@ 2, through tie lead 23 to section 5 and from that section through a lead 26 to the motor and back from the motor through a lead 21 to section 6 which connects with section 4, or the negative side of the battery, through a tie lead 28. At the same time, a transmitter power relay 29, of a conventional radio transmitter (not shown), connected across sections 2 and 4 is energized as Well as a solenoid 30 which connects by means of a lead 3| with section 5 and tie lead 23 to the positive side of the battery and with the negative side of the battery through a lead 32, all for a purpose to presently appear. A y

A novel resistor 33 is interposed between lead 21 of the motor and a motor lead 34 by means of leads 35 and 36 which are connected to sections 6 and 1, respectively, of the switchboard. The resistor is designed to have a high temperature coeilicient so as to compensate for extremely low ambient temperatures affecting the motor shunt winding to thereby maintain thev motor speed substantially constant as more fully shown and described in my copending application Serial No. 533,897, filed May 3, 1944.

Upon energization, motor 25 drives a gear 31 through a drive shaft 38, the gear in turn driving a shaft 39 which carries a pinion 46 for meshing with a relatively large gear 4|. Gear 4|, on the other hand, drives a cam 42 through a suitable connection 43. The cam is provided with a cutaway portion 44 which is initially engaged by a spring element 45 just prior to a starting operation of the system. When spring element 45 is in engagement with the cut-away portion of the cam, pairs of contacts 46-41 and 48-49 are open. Contact 46, carried by element 45, is connected by means of a lead 50 With lead I5, power 4 arm being grounded by their associated conducctors 68, 69 and 10.

The conductor strips may be varied in number on each arm to thereby provide a recognizable code identifying the particular instrument whose reading is being transmitted at any particular time. For example, arm 65 is provided with three such strips 1| so that when arm 65 engages needle three signals will be transmitted by the transmitter. Arm 66 is provided with four strips 12 so that four signals Will be transmitted when arm 66 engages needle 56 while arm 61 is provided with two pairs Yof strips 13 and 14, one pair being Vcomposed of relatively short strips and the other relay I6, lead |9 and section 4 of the switchboard.

Contact 41, on the other hand, connects by way of a lead 5| with lead 24 and section 3 of the board. After a predetermined time interval spring element 45 will pass from portion 44 of the cam to the outer periphery thereof at which time contacts 46-41 become closed, the purpose of these contacts being that even though clock contacts II and I2 open, contacts 46-41 will assume primary control of the circuit to maintain it closed to motor 25, transmitter power relay 29 and solenoid 38.

Three condition responsive instruments 52, 53 and 54, of conventional form, are shown in the present instance which measure desired atmospheric conditions such as pressure, humidity and temperature, each ofthe instruments supporting on their' actuating shafts needles 55, 56 and 51 which are positioned in accordance with the condition being measured and whose outer ends are bent upwardly 90 for a purpose to presently appear. superimposed over each instrument is an annular conductor ring 58, 59 and 66, each of which is supported by a longitudinally movable plate 6| which, in response to energization of solenoid 30 is forced downwardly to urge rings 58--59 and 60 against needles 55, 56 .and 51 to hold the latter in a locked position.

Meshing With gear 31 Aare three gears 62, 63 and 84, each of which is superimposed over plate 6I and arranged coaxially with its respective condition responsive instrument. Gears 62, 63 and 64 are provided with scanning arms 65, 66 and 61 secured thereto for movement therewith, the outer end of each scanning armbeing provided with conductor strips for engagement with the bent ends of needles 55, 56 and 51, the strips of each pair of relatively-long strips, all four strips being adapted for engagement with contact needle 51 while the two long strips are adapted for engagement only with two separated upright reference contacts 15 and 16 carried by instrument 54 and connected by way of lead 11 with contact 49 of cam operated contacts 48-49.

In addition to driving the relatively large gear 4l, motor 25 also drives an annular member 18 which is suitably fastened to gear 4I and supports thereon a wiper arm 19 having two contacts and 8| thereon, contact 8| being at all times in engagement with an annular conductor segment 82 which is connected by way of leads 83 and 84 with section of the switchboard to control the operation of a keying relay designated generally as a coil 85. Coil 85 is placed across sections I and 3 of the switchboard and is arranged within a conventional radio transmitter (not shown) whereby a signal is transmitted for each energization of the keying relay.

Contact 88 of the wiper arm, on the other hand, is adapted for engagement with separated arcuate conductor segments 86, 81, 88, 88 and 90. These segments are connected with the rest of the system as follows: Segment 86 is a blank whereby a predetermined warm-up period is provided for the transmitter prior to the sending of any signal. Segment 81 is connected to section 4 of the switchboard, or the negative side of the battery, by way of a lead 9| and denes a timed circuit for transmitting a continuous signal from the transmitter. Segments 88, 89 and 90 dene circuits for transmitting the readings of the three instruments shown and segment 88 is connected to annular conductor ring 58 of instrument 52 .by means of a lead 92, segment 89 is connected to annularconductor ring 59 of instrument 53 by way of a lead 93 and segment 90 connects by way of a lead 94 with annular conductor ring 60 of instrument 54.

The foregoing description has been limited principally to the actual co-relation of the mechanical parts of the novel meteorological transmitter of the present invention as well as the electrical connections defining the various electrical circuits thereof. The transmitter and its function will be understood more readily by the following consideration of the operation of the entire system.

Just prior to the initiation of a transmission cycle, contact 80 of wiper arm 19 will be contacting blank segment 86 at the outermost end thereof and spring element 45 will be resting in cutaway portion 44 of cam 42 so that both pairs of contacts 46, 41 and 48, 49 will be open. When the period for operation has arrived, clock I8 closes contacts II and I2 so that power relay I6 becomes energized and closes the circuit through power f; Mr off the; radio: transmitter: and encrei/res; bnthtsolenoidffihand drivingim-ctcr 25;

Snlenoid-zt forcestplate Bai-2 downwardlyfvrhereeY bye annular;- pxessedagainstmeedles l 5.5:,1 .5.6% and3521;:holdinggthe ;y needlesrlocked f "-..therem deryof the transmis.; sionacyclegim thefindicatingzposition;last: assumed;

bygftheoneedles. just priorto-rthesoperation ofethe.-

solenoichi nsd'mmoton rivesrgearlwnereby scan-nine, annsrtrandil are rotatedaelat-ive to their 1re.-b

sppctiveinstrumenta., wiper arm Contacty 60E; ist

causedtomoyerelativeto andginzengagernent with;

blmer-segment eandfcamtz is rotatedzwitn,

Sarina element .45cm-engagement with portion.` M tlilelierf.-r l At` thisfrpointreven: though strinse-13ml seannengarml engage-:with upright. contactsf'la.

withstanding that.A eventually the..V clock. contacts. wilLopem Contacts lilla-419,T ori-:thefother-handi,

when .in engagement, place; keying relay coil.. 85.in y closed circuit with the restotthe system. The system is.; thusA readyffor thetransrnission of signels.

With v,the closing of vcontactsflllT-ft'l .and 48-49 bygcam 4.2; motor 25.1.drives.,wiper` arm 1.91irom.. blankegment 8.6..onto .segment81. By engagementof wiperarm contactwith segment 81 they keying. relay is, energized whereby the transmit tensends outa `.continuous signal permittingga recefving. operator toetune. his .receiver to thegfre.-

qpency; of the. incomng..signal.. TheV signal. is transmitted untilwiper arrn=19=passessegment S1, to approach .segment 88..... The circuit to. the. key.-V ing.: relay; for` providing.the.. continuous 'signal is.. defined byleadBl board through segment y segmental: lead 83 and.lead,84..

Atthe. point where arm 19..'7has .left-.segment 3-1 Y andis. about toengagewith segment .88,V scanning,

arml of instrument.54Min-hare been driven toai point f,intermediate.r upright contacts. 1 5v and 1 6'..

'Thereafter 4upright..contact .19 ,will be. engaged by. bothstrips 13 to. .energize` the, keying relay twice to.,transmit two sgnalsf. The.two ysignala-,thustransmitted,. are reference signals :at t which .time

.thief receivingoperator Y is ,advised that .the desired inormation..is .fabout.. toV .bev transmitted .and sets his stolgnvatchv uponthereceipt of thetwosignals.

The, circuit vfor the. translrlissionv of. the referencev signalsis v.defined from ground, through lead 11)-, scanning arm.. 651,: conductor.. strips;l 1,3,` uprightv contact ,1.15.4 1ead. .1.1contacts iB-49, lead 85,. keying-:relaycoil.Bland.tuatnepositive side of the battery defined by section of the switchboard..

Alloi theescanninggarms 65,. Galand. y61 ,have

beenzcarefullyset atithe-.Zerdindication of theiry respective.mstrumentssc.that the reference. sig...

mals.n tranamttedsupon.,engagement .otA scanning.. 61"` witlruprieliti contact., 1.6;, will; constitute 'a reference .foreach instrument.. This isbrougnti conductor rings; 59..- andit are;

Lfromsectiorr Lof the switch` `B1, winercontacts 90, 81|.

abonnby theefaetu that all.' three-f-z scanning are: operated rorncommon :gear-:9111. Ass-scanning; arm 6'1 leayeszcontaotz andevenathoughiwiper: arm 19:j has; moved into.- engagement with sege-v g ment 88, the keying relay will remaindeener gized; Segment.,- 88?l being. electrically connected with conductors ringz.- 58fof: instrument'. 52; ythe-keys, ing: relay will. again .become energized when scanne ningv armi 65:brushescoyerrneedle Such ener-1 gization of-` the. keyingA relayrwilltmaniiest itself: in the. transmission of: three. signals; onersigfna'lg vfor each:` cor-iductor;v strip' 1l: on; scanning; arms 6.5;v The time interval.v betweenzthefz. receptiono the frst twofreference. signals .andthe three; siga nals resulting.' from. engagement: of;v the threes stri'psll with needle; 551 isfrnoted byrthenteceiuinga. operator:

The circuit *for the,Vv transmission.. 0151-: the; lastsi-f. named signals; representingfthe reading: ofinstrmment 52.@ is. defined fromground. through; lead; 68, scanningtarm 65', conductor.strips;.1;l';. needles 5.5;. conductor.; ringp;t .lead 492 segment: 8.8; Wiper: arm. contacts ',.8I, segment 82,.,leadsz83: and; 8dr, keyingrelay coil -85 and to the posithrefsidee of the.v battery dei-ined by section..y 3 ot: the.iswitcltaJ board,

The keying relay; is.` agairr,de.energized willem the last strip 1l of arm .65'. passes .overrneedlee 55; The .three scanning arms. continuegrotations .i until scanning arm A$1 togetherwitrritsfconductor:

strips 13 brushes-,over upright. contacta15.ewhere:.- upon the keying relay is again energized to trans.'- mit ,two reference signals-advisingthe. receiving operator to; note the;- receptionv time.; Thetimee interval between the reception; cti theztwoA refer:- l ence signals-resulting from the: engagement otra strips 131with upright contact-16; the.th'ree-sigf-:-` nals resulting from the. engagement of :conductor: strips 'lL-with needleg55 of. instrument; 52, and? the twofollowing re-ferencezsignals resulting fronrf. the engagementof .strips 13l'with uprightzcone tact 15, provide thereceivingioperator 'viritlrsuftleA` cient information to.` determine the readingfof instrument 52.`

Simultaneously` withthe rotation of the. scant,v ning. arms, wiper arm 19 leaves segmentrto engage segment 89 thereby temporarily isolating: instruments 52-and ,54 fromL the. circuit and place ing instrumentn53` into circuit .with .the keying?. relay. Just. prior tof, theY time.; that Wiper arnn lefengages with segment 89, scanning arm 61;;- will again have assumed 'a position intermediate: upright contacts 15- and.16l and. shortlytvthere-v after engage contact 16..to againatransmit two reference signals which are again noted and? timedby the receiving operator. FollowingL this operation, segment 89 is*V engaged by `wiper arm;l 19. The keying-relay is venergized as conductor; strips-12 brush over needle 5E :ofinstrument 53V,.- four such signals'being transmittedby-,thekey;-= ing relay by virtue of the four conductorstripsf carried by arm 66. The circuit tothe keyingrelay is generally the V,same as that.forI instru-fv ment 52 except that. the circuit is from ground,4 through lead GEL scanning arm (i6,v conductor'. strips 12., needle 56and conductor .ring 59to segg. ment 89.

The keying .relay is` fle-energized when thelast; of.strips 12 passes 'over needle 56 andthereafter.,

ystrips 13.0f. scanning arm 61engages-fuprightt contact 15 to transmit two reference signals. The. time interval between the rst two reference signals, generated .by the engagement o-fl scanning arm strips 13..with upright contact 16,;the;--four: signals resulting,y from. the engagement otcOntact;

strips 12 with needle 56 of instrument 53 and the two reference signals resulting from the engagement of strips 13 with upright contact 15 informs the receiving operator of the reading of instrument 53.

Scanning arm 61 is again driven over contact 16 until strips 13 engage therewith whereupon the keying relay is again energized to send out two signals advising the operator to re-set his stopwatch for the reading of instrument 54. At the same time Wiper arm 19 and its contacts 8U, 8| have lei-t segment 89 to engage with segment 90 whereby upon the engagement of both pairs of conductor strips 'i3 and 14 with needle 51, the keying relay will become energized to send out four signals, one for each strip of pairs 13 and 14. Thereafter scanning arm 51 brushes over upright contact 15 and as conductor strips 13 engage therewith two more reference signals are generated. The time interval between the rst two reference signals, the four signals resulting from the engagement of all four strips of scanning arm 61 with needle 51, and the last two reference signals provides the receiving operator with suiiicient information for determining the reading of instrument 54. The transmission circuit for the signals of instrument 54 is defined from ground, through lead 10, scanning arm 61, conductor strips 14, needle 51, lead 94 and segment 90 to the keying relay by Virtue of wiper arm contacts 8i), 8i, ring 82, and lea-ds 83, and 84.

Foil-owing the transmission of the signals representing the reading of instrument 54, cam 42 will have been driven to the point where spring element 45 falls from the outer periphery of the cam into the cut-away portion 44 thereof whereupon contacts 46-41 and 48-49 become open de-energizing the complete apparatus which is now ready for another transmission cycle depending upon the time that clock contacts Il and IZ have been set for operation.

There has thus been provided a novel, simple and reliable meteorolc-gical transmitter which is timed for energization at certain predetermined intervals, the operation thereof consisting of certain timed steps comprising a warm up interval for the radio transmitter, a period at which a continuous signal is transmitted by the radio transmitter, folowed by a reading reference signal and thereafter by a signal representing the reading of the lirst instrument, the reference signal being repeated preceding and following each transmission of the reading of the remaining instruments.

Although but a single embodiment of the present invention has been illustrated and described in detail, it is to be expressly understood that the invention is not limited thereto. For example, scanning arm 55 has been shown with three conductor strips, arm 65 with four conductor strips and arm 61 with four conductor strips but any other desired grouping of the strips may be provided equally as well. Various other changes may be made in the design and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as will now be understood by those skiled in the art. For a denition of the limits of the invention, reference will be had primarily to the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A meteorological transmitter comprising an electrical transmission circuit, a circuit controlling instrument responsive to a'change in an at- 8. mospheric condition and having an angularly movable contact positioned in accordance with the change in such condition, reciprocally mounted means arranged over said instrument for holding said contact in the position assumed prior to the operation of said reciprocally mounted means, a reference signal contact, cam operated means for connecting said reference signal contact with said circuit, an angularly movable contact arm arranged coaxially with said instrument contact having a plurality of relatively long and spaced contacts for cooperation with said reference signal contact and having a plurality of relatively short and spaced contacts for cooperation with said instrument contact, selective means for providing in sequence a warm up interval for said circuit, an interval of constant circuit energization whereby a continuous signal is transmitted thereby, and for thereafter connecting said instrument with said circuit for energization in accordance with the position of said instrument contact when engaged by said movable contact arm, a motor for operating said selective means, said cam operated means and said movable contact arm whereby said selective means warms up said circuit and thereafter energizes said circuit to transmit a continuous station signal, and said cam operated means connects said reference signal contact with said circuit whereby upon engagement of the long contacts of said movable contact arm with said reference signal contact said circuit transmits reference signals, and thereafter the long and short contacts of said contact arm engage said instrument contact to energize said circuit in accordance with the position of said instrument contact, and control means for operating said motor and said reciprocally mounted means.

2. A meteorological transmitter comprising an electrical transmission circuit, a plurality of circuit controlling instruments each being responsive to changes in an atmospheric condition, an angularly movable Contact for each of said instruments positioned in accordance with changes in the conditions being measured, locking means comprising a reciprocally mounted member superimposed over said instruments for holding said contacts in the position assumed prior to the operation of said locking means, a solenoid for operating said locking means, a reference signal contact, cam operated means for connecting said reference signal contact with said circuit, angulariy movable contact arms for cooperation with each of said instrument contacts, one of said arms being adapted for cooperation with said reference signal Contact, gears for operating each of said contact arms, a common driving gear for said contact arm gears, selective means for providing a warm up interval for said circuit, an interval of continuous circuit energization whereby a continuous signal is transmitted thereby, and for thereafter sequentially connecting said instru-4 ments with said circuit for sequential energization of said circuit in accordance with the position of said instrument contacts when engaged by their respective movable contact arms, driving means for operating said selective means, said cam operated means and said common driving gear whereby said selective means warms up said circuit and thereafter energizes said circuit to transmit a continuous station signal, and said cam operated means connects said reference signal contact with said circuit whereby upon engagement of said one movable contact arm with said reference signal contact said circuit transmessage "fmeansf/aseach@instrument contact is engaged by its respective movable contact `armpand va time controlled. Adevice for operating said driving means andro'renergizfngsaidsolenoid.

3. #Ameteorological transmitter comprising "an blectrical ztransmission circuit, '1a Aplurality jof cir- 'i'fuit contrlling Ainstruments i'each being responfrive fto changes .in .an .atmospheric condition, "fan rvsingularly 'movable contact 'foreach of said -iniitrumentslpositioned in accordance with 'ch'a'nges lin -theconditions being .measured reference vsignal means, cam operated means for connecting said reference signal means with said circuit, angularly movable contact arms arranged coaxially with each of said contacts for cooperation therewith, one of said arms also being adapted for cooperation with said reference signal means, selective means for providing a Warm up interval for said circuit, an interval of continuous circuit energization whereby a,- continuous signal is transmitted thereby, and for thereafter connecting said instruments with said circuit for sequentially energizing said circuit in accordance with the position of said instrument contacts when engaged by their respective movable contact arms, driving means for operating said selective means, said cam operated means and said movable contact arms whereby said selective means warms up said transmission circuit and thereafter energizes it to transmit a continuous station signal, and said cam operated means connects said reference signal means with said circuit whereby upon engagement of said one movable contact arm with said reference signal means said circuit transmits a reference signal, and thereafter said circuit is sequentially energized by said selective mans as each instrument contact is engaged by its respective movable contact arm, and means for operating said driving means.

4. A meteorological transmitter comprising an electrical transmission circuit, clock controlled means for energizing said circuit, a circuit con.

trolling instrument responsive to a change in an atmospheric condition being measured, means for connecting said instrument with said circuit to energize said circuit to thereby transmit a signal corresponding to the value of the condition measured by said instrument, reference signal means for energizing said circuit to transmit a reference signal thereby, a motor initially energized by said clock controlled means for operating said reference signal means and said connecting means, and cam operated means connected` in said circuit and driven by said motor for overpowering the control effected on said motor by said clock controlled means and for assuming primary energization of said motor and for connecting said reference signal means with said circuit.

5. A meteorological transmitterl comprising an electrical transmission circuit, clock controlled means for energizing said circuit, a plurality of circuit controlling instruments each being responsive to changes in an atmospheric condition, means connected with each of said instruments for energizing said circuit to transmit signals corresponding to the value of the conditions measured by each of said instruments, reference signal means for energizing said circuit to transmit a reference signal preceding the energization of said circuit by each of said instrument means, selective means for sequentially connecting said instrument means with said circuit, driving '1m-ease{minaily' energized-:sylesis ro'ek condones means `for 1 operating lr'said :reference signal lmeans and -fsaid selective fmeans 'and means comprising camioper'ated -'contacts connected in vsaid circuit 'and operated by said driving means -for overpowering the controleffected on 4saiddrivingmeans by *said clock ycontrolled means and 'for 'assuming V"primary `energization f ysaid. Vdriving means and "for connecting said reference rsignal means with saidfcircuit Y `6. 'A"in'ete'orologiczal transmitter comprising an electrical transmission circuit, a circuit controlling instrmnent responsive to a change in an atmospheric condition and having an angularly movable contact positioned in accordance with the change in such condition, a reference signal contact, cam operated means for connecting said reference signal contact with said circuit, an angularly movable arm arranged coaxially with said instrument contact having at least one relatively long Contact and one relatively short contact thereon, said arm contacts being arranged whereby said long contact is adapted for engagement with said reference signal contact only and both said long and short contacts are adapted for engagement with said instrument contact, selective means for providing in sequence a warm up interval for said circuit, an interval of constant circuit energization whereby a continuous signal is transmitted thereby, and for thereafter connecting said instrument with said circuit for energization in accordance 'with the position of said instrument contact when engaged by said movable contact arm, said selective means comprising an annular contact and spaced arcuate contacts together with a sweep arm for contacting said annular contact and said arcuate contacts, and a motor for driving said sweep arm, said cam operated means and said movable contact arm.

'7. A meteorological transmitter comprising an electrical transmission circuit, a plurality of circuit controlling instruments each being responsive to changes in an atmospheric condition1 an angularly movable contact for each of said instruments positioned in accordance with changes in the conditions being measured, a reference signal contact, cam operated means for connecting said reference signal contact With said circuit, angularly movable contact arms for cooperation with each of said instrument contacts, one of said arms being adapted for cooperation with said reference signal contact, selective means comprising an endless annular contact, a plurality of spaced arcuate contacts coaxial With said annular contact, one of said arcuate contacts when engaged providing a warm up interval for said circuit, a second of said arcuate contacts when engaged providing a continuous transmission signal for said circuit, and the remainder of said arcuate contacts being each connected to each of said instruments so that as the latter contacts are engaged the circuit is energized in accordance Iwith the position of the related instrument contacts when the latter are engaged by their respective movable contact arms, a wiper arm provided with a pair of 00ntacts for engaging said annular contact and sequentially said arcuate contacts, driving means for operating said wiper arm, said cam operated means and said movable contact arms whereby said rst arcuate contact is engaged by said wiper arm to warm up said circuit, said second arcuate contact is engaged by said Wiper arm to energize said circuit to transmit a continuous 11 station signal, and said cam operated means connects said reference signal contact with said circuit whereby upon engagement of said one movable contact arm with said reference -signal contact said circuit transmits a reference sig- V5 nal, andl thereafter said circuit is sequentially energized as said wiper arm progressively engages the remainder of said arcuate contacts and as each instrument contact is engaged by its respective movable contact arm, and a time conl0 trolled device for operating said driving means.

GEORGE S. MILES.

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